(297) WILLINGDON, St. Mary the Virgin
297E Standing monument for Sir Nicholas PARKER, d. 1619/20
- North aisle (Ratton) Chapel, against North wall, North-East corner.
- 227(W) x 342(H) x 39(D)~Fair; local losses.
- In alabaster; an armoured male effigy; reclining, head to West; hands in prayer; black Corinthian columns flanking; below, a tomb-chest; in relief, 3 wives kneeling to East flanked by foliate decoration and blank black panels; above, a straight entablature with 3 escutcheons and 2 rosettes; on the back wall, 2 M.I.s (engraved, white) on slate panels, flank a winged hourglass; flat coffered vault; on top, obelisks, left and right.
- Sir Nicholas Parker, Knt., of Ratton, Willingdon, d. 9 Mar 1619/20, aet 73; his first wife, Joan, daughter of Sir William Courtney, Knt., of Powderham, Devon; no issue; his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of John Baker, Esq.; no issue; his third wife, Katherine, daughter of John Temple, Esq., of Stow, Buckinghamshire; issue - Thomas John, Robert, Nicholas, Henry, Anne and Mary; laudatory epitaph of Parker name and achievements.
